E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 104: Episode 104 You Are Ruthless, Don’t Blame Me for Being Unjust 3

Chapter 104: Episode 104 You Are Ruthless, Don’t Blame Me for Being Unjust 3

Zhou Xueyin explained her plan for the second phase, and Li Jiniang and Kang Siyin expressed strong support, while Yao Shanshan felt there was no need to be so ruthless.

But after Zhou Xueyin’s exaggerated persuasion, Yao Shanshan also felt that Mi Lu’s behavior was detestable! It would be best to drive her out of the internet industry; her presence was simply a disgrace to the field.

Since Ji Ge wasn’t the slick-talking type, not only was he unable to find out Mi Lu’s company address, but he also had to pay for her lunch out of his own pocket.

Fortunately, the contract wasn’t signed, and of course, they couldn’t smoothly deceive her into giving it away...

Ruan Ying, who had dealings with all sorts of people, was different; his actions were indeed extraordinary.

Not only did he visit Mi Lu’s company that very day, but he also managed to extract some information about their operations.

"Yinyin, I’m not kidding, if you really consider them as competitors, it’s an underestimation of your own capabilities!" Ruan Ying said seriously during dinner with Zhou Xueyin.

"Oh? Do tell?" Zhou Xueyin was quite interested.

Ruan Ying recounted his entire encounter with Mi Lu that day to Zhou Xueyin and even produced a contract from Xiaolu Technology.

According to Mi Lu, the company was started with money given by a lead programmer from a major gaming company for her to experiment with. If she made any money, it was hers; if she incurred losses, they were on the programmer.

Plus, after attending an investment banquet hosted by Jiang Chunming with that programmer, the most discussed topic she heard there was about Zhou Xueyin’s forum.

Thus, Mi Lu wanted to create a forum for fun, but such a task was beyond her capabilities, so her programmer boyfriend set it up for her and even secretly hosted it on the company’s game operation servers.

The company is located next to Dinghao, on the 15th floor of Zhongxin Tower, room 154.

Zhao Caiyun is her best friend, the one Mi Lu sent to steal information from Zhou Xueyin’s company.

She also gained a batch of expenses without effort, but it cannot be said she didn’t work for it, at least she ran around Beijing City herself to renew contracts.

However, it seemed like Zhou Xueyin and her team later discovered Zhao Caiyun stealing the data, and with the New Year approaching, she decided to buy a ticket home early for the holidays.

This did not stop her from continuing to "expand business" after the New Year.

The contract Ruan Ying brought out didn’t meet industry standards, full of loopholes so that even if the other party wanted to default, by picking at the wording, they could refuse final payments without penalty.

"Oh right, she also mentioned someone named Wanwan, who she met playing cosplay, and who is also at your company. Some deals, you also couldn’t manage to recover, right? Apparently, they were secured by Wanwan sleeping with the clients," Ruan Ying said with a look of disgust.

"Sleep? Sleep with clients? Are they crazy?" It was a good thing Zhou Xueyin wasn’t drinking soup, otherwise she would have certainly choked.

"Oh yeah, just you guys being naive, mostly dealing with female clients. Their tactics are despicable. Without real skills, they still want to win deals, what else can they do but spread their legs?" Ruan Ying scoffed, having seen too much of such sales tactics in his previous companies.

"Haha... I always wondered why every time we meet male clients, they either try to ply us with drinks or get touchy-feely... It’s just easier dealing with female clients..." Zhou Xueyin looked at the ribs on her fork, suddenly losing her appetite.

"Not to tell you how to run your business, but aren’t you really considering hiring a couple of guys? Even just for sales, at least they could shield Jixiang a bit..." Ruan Ying put down his chopsticks, looking at Zhou Xueyin with concern.

"Maybe I’m just being stubborn, but from the beginning, I said I wanted to create a comfortable, safe working environment for women, so I won’t hire men! I absolutely have to keep my word!" Zhou Xueyin gratefully looked at Ruan Ying. "Jixiang and I made a pact, we meet clients together, I’m her shield!"

"Just take care of yourselves! Good luck!" Ruan Ying encouraged Zhou Xueyin, secretly admiring the determination and courage of the young woman before him, certain of her future success.

Having obtained firsthand information from Ruan Ying, there was no need for Wei Jingzhu to probe any further.

So Zhou Xueyin had Wei Jingzhu directly stand up Mi Lu for their planned meeting.

On Valentine’s Day, Liu He launched a forum activity to earn points by topping the thread.

Less than two minutes later, a similar activity also appeared on the Xiaolu Technology forum.

The difference was that in Liu He’s activity, the points would automatically credit to the user’s ID the moment their post hit the winning floor.

However, at Xiaolu Technology, they had to manually adjust the data in the backend for the user.

Ruan Ying was right, considering them as competitors was indeed an insult to his own company!

So, seeing that Mi Lu was just messing around with the forum, there was no need to spare her feelings.

Although Ruan Ying provided valuable intelligence, they had no clues about the names of the opponents’ employees, which meant they needed someone extraordinary to step in next.

"Hello? Da Boyi? This is Zhou Xueyin, long time no see!" Zhou Xueyin and Da Boyi exchanged pleasantries, "Buddy, do me a favor..."

A month later, Zhou Xueyin and Da Boyi met at the Dinghao Grand Restaurant.

"Here, the complete dossier on Xiaolu Technology that you wanted!" Da Boyi pulled out a folder from his briefcase.

"Buddy, thanks a ton! This meal’s on me, order whatever you want! I’ve got plenty of cash!" Zhou Xueyin said, thrilled as if she had found a treasure.

"No, no, my wife is about to give birth soon; I need to head home to take care of her!" Da Boyi didn’t order anything and seemed anxious to leave.

"How about we pack some food from here for you to take and eat with your wife?" Zhou Xueyin offered apologetically.

"Next time! Just give a big red envelope at the full-month celebration for my child. I got to go; call me if there’s anything!" It appeared as if Da Boyi couldn’t wait to get home, so Zhou Xueyin didn’t keep him.

She opened the folder and looked through it intently.

Xiaolu Technology, registered by Cheng Weilu, with a capital of 100,000 yuan.

Main business project: woyaomai.com forum.

General Manager: Mi Lu

Forum Editors: Bai Ying, Li Hua, Zhang Xiaomei, Wang Fang...

Company benefits: none

Commercial estimate for the company: 50,000 yuan.

This research on Xiaolu Technology also included the mobile numbers of these employees.

Da Boyi truly was meticulous! During his child’s full-month celebration, she definitely had to give a big red envelope.

The company had no benefits? Could it be that she wasn’t providing her employees with the basic insurance and housing fund? That was too illegal, surely!

The more Zhou Xueyin read, the more she felt that Mi Lu was ignorant of the law. With just a slight effort on her part, not only could Mi Lu’s company cease to exist, but it could also implicate her backer.

"Hmm?" The last sheet in the folder, added by Da Boyi, was a background check on Cheng Weilu.

"Wow! What a character! Truly can’t change his spots! Concerned about implicating the backer, huh... If this backer goes down, it would solely be what he deserves!" Zhou Xueyin spoke indignantly, saying, "Like dirty fish with rotten shrimp, the saying couldn’t be more accurate!"